Flaws are different from Inclusions. Inclusions in a real & untreated Gemstone helps a Gem professional identify & conclusively specify the gem family.

Flaws are different from Inclusions.

Inclusions in a real and untreated Gemstone helps a Gem professional or a Gemologist identify and conclusively specify the gem/ mineral family and that the Gem was made in the lap of Mother Nature and exposed to the natural environment over many years rather than synthesized in a Lab.

All Gem families have characteristic inclusions/ tell tale signs that help in Gem identification and classification.

It’s beyond the scope of this platform to explain inclusions for each Gem family but as an example take Emerald for instance. It is always an included stone with presence of Jardines/ Gardens. These conclusively help a Gem professional identify that the Emerald is real and natural.

An Ultra clear Emerald will immediately raise a doubt in a professionals mind that the Gem has been treated to enhance clarity.

That being said the less inclusions the better the stone and that raises the quality which in turn is directly proportional to price.

There are many kinds of flaws. For example such color zoning or double colour in a single gem. These should be avoided by those looking at quality.

Also certain types of Astrological flaws have been described in numerous ancient texts that have to be absolutely avoided in Jyotish Gemstones as they lead to bad results. This requires deep knowledge and several years of practice. An example of Astrological flaws to be avoided is given here.

A Gem professional would be easily able to identify the difference between a flaw and an inclusion. Inclusions are like birth marks that certify that is Gem is natural and untreated.

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Even though the above two parameters will take care of majority of inclusions, the things to absolutely avoid are reddish tints, inclusions that resemble the claw of a crow, inclusions that resemble a spider’s web. These are simply unacceptable from a Jyotish Point of View.

In addition to above look at allure, draw, something special that instantly draws you to the Diamond. To know what makes Jyotish Gemstones special, result oriented and effective please click here.

As far as the hand is concerned it depends on several factors us as position of Venus, objectives of the individual but the general rule of the Thumb that gives great results is that the Gem should be worn in the working hand- the hand primarily used for major activities including financial activities such as signing bank accounts etc. Read more at the link below:

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Featured today is an exceptional Venus talisman that epitomizes all essential Venus attributes of Luxury, beauty, Style, panache and abundance. The centre Diamond is a D flawless 2 carat round brilliant Diamond surrounded by a halo of fine 2.5 carats round brilliant diamonds all round giving the ring brilliance, fire and character. Set in white Gold the brilliance and purity of Diamonds just shines through. View the video to feel the power. Some things are to be experienced so the less said the better.

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Here are some of the fundamental steps that shall help you become a professional in Gem Identification

-Take a basic course on Geology-This will help in knowing about Crystals, Gemstones their occurrence, formation, origin identification

-Take a basic course on Gemology: The GIA course on Colored Gemstone essentials would be a great start. You shall be able to know chemistry, physical properties, crystal structure, and peculiarities about a lot of Gemstones.

You shall also learn about inclusions- Tell tale signs characteristic of Each Gemstone that shall help you in visual identification. This will also enable you to use basic Gemological instruments such as a 10x loupe, polariscope, Chelsea filter, refractometer etc.

-Read/ Subscribe to good Gemstone websites/Blogs that publish quality information periodically. The key is to contemplate on one subject at a time rather than all information together. It is important to understand the 4c’s of cut, colour, clarity and carat weight almost on a Regular basis.

I suggest you browse the Gemstoneuniverse Blog and read the Gemologist’s notes for shipped out pieces. It is a huge database built over 2 decades and you have the advantage of evaluating the 4c’s with pictures and videos.

-Read classic Books such as Ruby and Sapphire by Richard Hughes and Secrets of the Gem Trade by Richard Wise. For Emeralds try to get hold of Ron Ringsrud Book.

Most importantly work with a reputable Jeweller, Gemstone Buying/ Trading House or a reputed Gemologist who works with Gemstones on a daily basis. This will be the most invaluable part of your training as daily you will practice and handle several samples.

There is no better education and training than this and no amount of education can be a substitute of this practical training.

I wish you very best in your endeavour and welcome you to the fraternity. Here is a nice eye candy for you:

Ever Seen a More beautiful Blue Sapphire with such immense Lustre? Well, This is what Jyotish Gemstones are all about and this is what sets them apart to deliver the results of the planets.

Beautifully facetted like a cushion this unheated Blue Sapphire is the Blessings of the famed Ratnapura Mines of Sri Lanka.

Very close to the cornflower Blue Shade the hue, tone and Saturation is the perfect melee that give grace and exception to this Gemstone.

Super lustre as is fire springing out of the Gem is another astonishing part of this Brilliant Blue Sapphire.

Free from any flaws as listed in the sacred texts it is Jyotish Gemstones like this that bless an individual with exceptional Results.

The Saturn Symbols on the ring Shank give extra powers to this Saturn Ring.

Raghav Hawa – Certified Planetary Gem Advisor from the Planetary Gemologists Association and Accredited Jewelry Professional from the GIA. He is also a most viewed writer on Quora in the Gems and Jewellery category.

Every body loves Diamonds because they are bright, shiny and have heritage and history. Any piece of Jewelry that contains Diamonds makes a statement and impact due to the luster and the shine of Diamonds.

Many Patrons sometime want to surround their chosen Gemstone with Diamonds to create a classy and a custom piece but is it astrologically advisable?. Many patrons also have valid questions like will Diamond cause any conflict with Ruby etc.

Now if you are using real Diamonds in your custom Jewelry piece( ring/ Pendant) then it will definitely have impact of Venus and then in that case the Venus energy will not be compatible with the energies of Sun( Ruby), Jupiter( Yellow Sapphire), Moon( Real Pearl). Such a ring will create problems as far as Planetary Gemology is concerned unless it has been specifically recommended by an expert.

However if you use American Diamonds, Diamond Simulants, Moissanite etc just for design purpose or adding style, drama or beauty to your custom made ring you have nothing to worry. These variants and American Diamonds have no astrological impact and can be mixed matched with any of the Gemstones.

In such a case only your primary gemstone will give astrological power and impact.

So don’t wait and create your bling with your personalized style statement and signature design that speaks of your style and personality.

We have created several stunning pieces for our patrons using same approach with delightful results and you can view the designs on our Facebook page here and also on Blog here itself.

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Featured today is an exceptional, top of the line Amethyst set in a silver pendant surrounded by American Diamonds. Violet is the Pantone color of the year 2018 and this blessed Gemstone has been endowed with the finest deep Siberian velvet by mother earth. Violet is the colour of energy, prosperity and regality as per the ancient orient. The rich velvet contrasts very well with the burnished silver and the halo of American Diamonds add to the drama to make a stellar piece of Planetary Jewellery.

Featured today is an exceptional unheated Mozambique Ruby that is full of life.

The colour is a Vivid Deep Reddish Pink rivalling some of the best Rubies Mined in Burma.

Faceted into a pleasing symmetrical oval it maximizes the movement of light,

Blessed with an exceptional clarity and free from any of the flaws as stated in the sacred texts it is a power Jyotish Gemstone that shall deliver the best results only true Jyotish Gemstones can promise.

If you are looking for an exact number that will be very difficult as nobody compiles this data statistically.

If your intent is asking do financially successful people wear Gemstones?Then the answer is a resounding yes.

Some people use Gemstones as they are auspicious or lucky for them, others such as Angelina Jolie flaunt them as a style/ fashion statement and People like Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger wear them as an extension of their personality.

Featured today is an exceptionally beautiful and liberating Emerald. Exceptionally faceted like an Octagon this Emerald has fine rich colour that is the characteristic colour of emeralds with a Colombian Origin.

Even though Emerald is always an included Gemstones with the presence of Jardines this fine Emerald has been blessed with exceptional clarity that is most desirous in a Jyotish Gemstone.

Free from any flaws listed in the sacred texts this exceptionally pure (Sattvik) Emerald is a true Jyotish Gemstone that shall deliver impeccably powerful results that only true Jyotish Gemstones can deliver.

Set in high caratage 22K gold the rich green contrasts well to the opulent burnished Gold. The Sacred Symbols of Mercury on the ring shank add to the power of this exceptional Astrological ring that shall harness the best powers of Mercury-Wealth, Intelligence, Communication and Finance.

Jupiter or Guru is the karaka planet in welcoming luck, prosperity, happiness, loyalty, truthfulness, caring nature and all the good things in life.

When anyone has born with malefic Jupiter in his or her birth chart, he or she faces many obstacles in life.

It is not that you cannot overcome the situation. Definitely, you can get the good effects of Jupiter or Brihaspati with the help of astrological remedy. When you can boost up the power of Jupiter in your chart, you can experience certain gain of wisdom, knowledge, kindness, auspicious events and happiness in your family, love and workplace.

Jupiter also known as Devguru is the Teacher/ Preceptor of the Gods and is a kind planet. Is the planet that accepts the remedial measures fastest and gives faster relief as compared to planets like Rahu, Ketu or Saturn.

Signification of Jupiter Planet

There is no doubt that Jupiter opens the door of luck, fame, wealth, spirituality, and certain growth of spirituality in your mind and soul.

Now the question is how to boost up the waning energy of your Jupiter. There are many ways to increase the power of the waning Jupiter in your birth chart.

Yellow sapphire is the gemstone that enhances the power of Jupiter in your chart.

You can worship of lord Shiva and keep fast on every Thursday to power up your Jupiter.

You can wear pancha mukhi or five mukhi rudraksha for Jupiter.

Chant the proper bija mantra of Jupiter to activate the power of Yellow Sapphire when you have already worn it.

You can donate saffron or turmeric on Thursday.

These are the tips to increase the power of Jupiter in your birth chart. People who are unable to buy precious yellow sapphire they can try the above-mentioned methods to boost up Jupiter in their birth chart.

No Merit of Wearing Two Yellow Sapphires in Same Hand

Whatsoever, there is a certain number of people who can afford more than one Yellow Sapphire. Even a few people also think that wearing more than one yellow sapphire in the same hand will multiply the benefits of Jupiter or double its power.

In this case, it is not true. There is no merit in wearing two Yellow Sapphires and it will not provide any fast result/ greater results.

Wearing two yellow sapphires is nothing but wasting your money. Generally, a right weight of Yellow Sapphire is suggested to wear in according to age and body weight of the native besides several other parameters in the birth chart.

So, if you are thinking that you can double the result in wearing two yellow sapphires then you are simply wrong.

When to wear Two Yellow Sapphires

Though, there are some exceptional conditions when you can wear two Yellow sapphires in your same hand on index finger.

For instance, you need to wear 6 carats of Yellow sapphire on your index finger. But you are unable to get one Yellow sapphire with 6 carats weight or a pure jyotish Gem of 6 carats is beyond your budget, In such case, you can consider wearing two yellow sapphires, each of 3 carats weight in the same hand and on the same ring. Wearing two smaller Yellow Sapphires to make up the weight of 6 carats will reduce the cost by nearly 50% and will give the same result. You can see many more examples of such unique implementation of Gem Therapy with great results.

You need to wear the ring of Yellow Sapphire on Thursday in the morning.

Make sure you wear the ring after purification process during Shukla Paksha or a potent time calculated by a competent Astrologer

Avoid using second-hand yellow sapphire.

When you would wear the yellow sapphire ring in your hand, never forget to clean it on a regular basis. Regular cleaning will remove dirt and grime from the gemstone and rejuvenate the gemstone and keep it primed for maximum light movement.

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Fine Sacred Shade of an intense and deep canary Yellow Make it a highly auspicious and a desirable Gemstone of high qualities and Gunas. It is Pure Gemstones like this that brings in life changing results.

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What are brilliance, fire and lustre in a Gemstone and how these factors are assessed before buying a precious Gemstone? What determines price?

There is no doubt in the fact that while buying a gemstone we often look at the price. This is probably the only thing in the world, that if comes cheap, we will like to frown! Of course we will have various thoughts and doubts to fight.

Is this really a genuine one? Or is it really beautiful? Is it at all eyes pleasing? Well all in all, we are absolutely concerned about the beauty. And we know that buying a great looking gemstone can cost a fortune and we are ready to pay the same.

But then again what makes these gemstones look so great? The most basic things are no doubt the Brilliance, Lustre and finally the Fire!

Brilliance:

Well, brilliance is a completely easy concept to deal with. This refers to the amount of light that the gemstones will reflect. But then there is a catch here. It has to be from the back of the crown to the eyes.

Practically it is supposed to reflect the light from deep inside its core! This absolutely can prove one important thing. Only the most transparent gemstones will have the quality of brilliance in them as well.

There is no doubt that there are three most important factors that play a great role in the brilliance. These are namely the refractive index, the clarity levels as well as the cut of the particular gemstone for sure!

This is absolutely why the diamonds that have great refractive index is also always judged on its cut! It is absolutely necessary for you to understand that only perfectly cut diamonds are absolutely the most amazing ones.

Brilliance is directly proportional to the clarity of the Gem also. The higher the clarity, the higher the light movement and hence the higher the brilliance

Lustre:

This is again another of the most important factors of choosing a gemstone. When the light reflects from the surface of the gemstones, the surface becomes visible to the people. The type of surface that people see is due to the lustre of a particular gemstone!

There are actually various types of lustres that you must be aware of. The pearly lustre is one of the most amazing types of lustres. Of course when the surface reveals a beautiful and colourful surface then it is known as the pearly lustre.

The matter though is not quite simple! The colours should be able to play on the surface of the gemstones. These make these gemstones beautiful. The adamantine lustre is all about the mirror like feeling. For example the type of lustre that diamonds possess.

Silky lustre is though, another of the most beautiful lustres that you can watch. These provide people with a visual feel of the cloth textures! The silky velvet lustre is most often seen in Sri Lankan Blue Sapphires of high clarity.

Fire:

This is also known as dispersion. It is observed when a gemstone allows a light to pass through it and that too in different wavelengths. The inward glowing reflections most often referred to in fine Gemstones is an example of fire within the gemstone.

There are various other important characteristics of the gemstones. Selecting the gemstones based on these above-three factors matter a lot. These offer the people with the best results no doubt! And one will never regret buying a gemstone depending on these!

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Gemstoneuniverse.com Table Natural Colombian Emerald Gemstone Facts

Gemstone

Natural Colombian Emerald

Weight

2.89 carats

Treatment

None. Fully Natural

Origin

Colombia

Planetary Energy

Mercury

Patron Location

USA

All inclusive Price

$ 3724.01/ INR 243317.50

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Featured today is an extremely beautiful and rare Emerald Gemstone. The Colour is a pristine Green with just a hint of Blue that the Colombian Muzo Mine Emeralds are famous for. Beautiful colour that conveys vitality, vibrancy and the power of creation.

In addition look at the fantastic clarity levels. Such Emeralds with pure colour and over 95% clarity are hard to come by.

Perfection in cut optimizes maximum light movement and the Emerald looks much bigger then its optimum weight of 2.89 carats.

All 4 C’s combine together to give you a where you can view the Brilliance, Lustre and fire in one go.

You use the word, “Nowadays” and “Sapphires” in your question. You may be surprised or astounded to know depending on your perspective that Gemstones including Sapphires have been treated over 1000’s of years.

Just the nature and technique of treatment changes.

More than 95% of all Gemstones are treated and treated Gemstones have no place for used as Astrological Gems for harnessing planetary powers.

Gemstones are treated to enhance their appearance and to hide flaws so that they look beautiful and attractive.

There are several treatments for Gemstone enhancement. I am mentioning some of them. It’s quite possible that some of these can be applied individually and some in combination.

I am mentioning some of the most common treatments.

Those who have further interest in knowing their details can search with treatment name on Google. There are easily searchable and tonnes of information are available on the treatment type.

In Garuda Purana, Sri Sut Ji Goswami says in the Chapter 72, “The Blue Sapphire subjected to heat or burning to improve color and clarity should never be used by anyone as illness and misfortune will fall on that individual who uses a heated and a burned gem.”

For Higher Goals, Life solutions and Astrology there is no space for treated gemstones as clearly stated in the reference quote above.

It is better not to wear any gemstone rather than a treated gemstone to get a placebo effect or no effect.

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Featured Today is an exceptional, elegant and exotic Blue Sapphire from Ceylon. View the video to appreciate the flawless eye clean clarity, the fantastic evenly distributed Velvety Blue Color throughout the Gemstone.

Picked by the Gemstoneuniverse experts and free from the flaws as listed in the sacred text this divine Blue Sapphire is bound to bring in the Blessings of Divine Shani Dev and gift its wearer with abundance and grace.

This Gem is at the apex of the gem pyramid and scores highly on each of the classical 4C’s of cut, clarity, colour and carat weight.

An opportunity of a lifetime to possess and own a collectible from the gem fields of Ratnapura from the famed Isle of Serendib and certified by the top Gem Labs.

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Fine Flawless Unheated Sapphires from Srilanka from the Gemstoneuniverse collection of Fine Gemstones

This resource explores in detail the offline as well as online options to get a Precious Gemstone at Whole Sale Price in India

This question was first answered on Quora

As compared to regularly consumed commodities Gemstones are a different cup of tea for three reasons

Every single Gemstone has a different unique pipeline of movement.

Real Gemstones are precious, rare and durable.

Natural and untreated gemstones are very rare and difficult to obtain.

The question does not specify the gemstone required or quality or other specifications.

If you are looking for a range of commercially traded bottom of the gem pyramid samples to high end precious Gemstones or jewelry then Jaipur in India would be a good place to start.

In Jaipur there is the famous Johari Bazaar, Gopal Ji ka Rasta and Halidyon Ka Rasta that are very famous for Wholesale of Precious as well as semi precious Gemstones and Jewellery as well.

Jaipur, A city in Northwest India, is a major gems and Jewelry centre, known for the manufacture, processing and export of colored gemstones and Jewelry.

You will be amazed to know that about half of the world’s colored Gemstones are processed in Jaipur. The Total turnover stands at INR 6500 crore (around $955 million) as of August 2017

You could also try exploring the Special Zone for Gems and Jewelry at the Export Promotion Industrial Park at Sitapura.

Remember if you are looking for a wholesale price please be ready to order a wholesale quantity. A wholesale dealer is unlikely to entertain request for a single gem or small quantity unless the ticket size is fairly large.

If you are looking for Gem Quality goods depending on the Gemstone you can look at Gem trading markets such as Bangkok( Silom) and Chanthaburi in Thailand, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Mozambique. Locations will differ as per the Gem variety, quality and quantity you seek.

If you are looking to buy one singular gem at wholesale price which I am estimating you are (Based on the statistics we have on such communication since 1996) whether its commercially traded bottom of the pyramid quality or a real gem quality at wholesale price you can wait for subsequent answers on quora itself of commercial offers and solicitations by Astrologers and some websites and you can compare the information after going through the inputs given by me.

There are also commercial gem trading areas in every city and you can also visit them to get a feel of gem, quality and price.

If you want to be a professional Gem Trader then please do research on the topic” Gemstone Pipeline”- this is beyond the scope of this medium.

Invest in making your network, hone up your negotiation skills, keep your finances in order and ready and then get into the markets as specified above.

Precious Gemstone at Whole Sale Price from the comfort and privacy of your home?

If you are looking to buy a single precious Gemstone at wholesale price, I suggest you take a look at Gemstoneuniverse. The Gemstoneuniverse Blog and the portal has published prices for more than 3000 shipped out pieces for 10 years.

This is the only and the most comprehensive database of published prices on the internet and you can compare prices of the finest Gemstones with any wholesale market in the world.

Gemstoneuniverse gives you access to rare Gemstones from all over the world with top certification and appraisal that rarely reach normal retail at prices picked by the best of Gemstone professionals with years of expertise and fine negotiation skills.

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